Scales and Sales: Changing Social and Spatial Fish Trading Networks in the Siiphandone Fishery, Lao PDR

The Siiphandone wetland in Khong district, Champasak province, Lao PDR, is one of the most important fisheries in the Mekong River basin. The resource, situated along the Laos‐Cambodia border, supports the livelihoods of around 65,000 inhabitants, mainly semi‐subsistence rice farmers or fishers. In January 2000, the provincial authority was given a special dispensation by the Lao government to allow the importation of Cambodian fish through Khong district, for export to Thailand. Previously, in large part due to the government's policy of food self‐sufficiency, the export of Lao fish was illegal. This paper examines how the implementation of this law has influenced existing legal and illegal trade networks from the Siiphandone fishery by comparing the findings of two studies, one conducted before and the other after the change in the law. In doing so, the transition of the fishery from a local, food‐important resource to an increasingly regional, market‐oriented resource is examined. Conclusions are drawn as to the impact this change has had on the livelihoods of fishers and traders involved in the fishery.     

河南省南太行山旅游客源市场定位与营销策略研究

在实地调查的基础上,文章对南太行山区旅游客源市场现状进行了系统分析,认为该区旅游市场结构以国内游客占绝对优势;旅游者以中青年居多,其分布具有空间近距离性,行为特征表现为休闲观光比重大、散客多、逗留时间短等。针对这些特征,充分考虑南太行山旅游资源的特点、区位条件和旅游市场的发展趋势,规划了旅游市场的细分目标,并从形象营销、品牌营销、网络营销、绿色营销、整合营销等方面进行了针对性的市场营销扩展策略研究。     

Yam Cultivation on the East Coast of New Caledonia: adaptation of agriculture to social and economic changes

Agriculture represents less than 2 per cent of the GDP of New Caledonia where the economy (and wage-earning activities) is dominated by the service sector and the nickel industry. However, family farming remains strong, especially for the Indigenous Melanesian tribes of the east coast of New Caledonia. Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are still one of the pillars of traditional Kanak society despite the social and economic changes that followed colonisation by France. This study of Kanak yam cultivation on the north-eastern coast of New Caledonia underscores the fact that yam cultivation systems have greatly changed since the 1950s, when they were last described. In addition to customary gift exchanges and subsistence consumption, yams are increasingly being grown for market sales. Five cropping systems, three yam production systems, and three Kanak social activity systems are described and their linkages to each other are explained. There are three levels of Kanak market participation: none, transitional, and fully engaged, and the extent of market participation and associated technical choices defines farmers’ levels of cultural activity and the nature and characteristics of yam cultivation.     

地域旅游形象塑造与营销研究

地域旅游形象是旅游开发、营销管理的重要内容,是地域旅游产业化发展的象征。旅游形象工程包括景观建设、环境塑造、服务接待、人文环境培育、市场宣传促销为重点的,政府、企业、居民、游客多主体参与的复杂工程。开发旅游形象来传播旅游信息应顺应媒介多样化、整体化、动态化的发展趋势,充分应用现代媒介传播手段,并侧重运用节庆活动、标牌、风光电视片、广告、口碑等具有实效和特色的途径,形成不同组合的营销优先方案,以取得地域旅游形象整体营销的效果。     

地理信息“应用与服务”类企业的生存发展思考

通过20余年从事地理信息＂应用与服务＂类企业的管理实践,就这类企业在产业新形势下的现状与问题作了分析,并从企业定位、市场、人才、研发、转型5大方面进行了实践探索和总结,提出了地理信息应用与服务企业生存发展之道。     

Participation and resistance: Alternative seafood marketing in a neoliberalera

This paper suggests that detrimental effects of certain neoliberal fisheries policies are key drivers behind the development of alternative seafood marketing programs in North America. It examines the structures, market and non-market values, and challenges of these programs. The primary aim of the research, based on interviews involving 20 programs and a conference workshop, was to advance understanding of the market value of alternative seafood marketing to fishers and communities. However, the importance of a broader set of non-market values was repeatedly highlighted by those engaged in these programs. Overall, the research suggests that alternative seafood marketing can enable fishers to participate in fisheries managed by neoliberal, market-based policies, through the promotion of market values along their diverse value chains. At the same time, alternative seafood marketing appears to resist market-based fishing systems, sometimes through the promotion of broader, non-market outcomes. Common challenges along these alternative seafood value chains highlight the structural conflicts that exist while simultaneously participating in and resisting neoliberal fisheries structures.     

2008首届世界钾盐大会综述

世界钾肥消费近年来呈增长之势,但国际市场已成高度垄断局面。我国钾肥自给率仅30%。当前,加拿大萨斯卡彻温南部及老挝万象钾矿勘探及开发均有较好进展。为缓解我国钾盐短缺状况,需要从加大找钾工作投入;加强找矿基础地质及预测研究;加强海水和苦卤提钾技术研究;开展不溶性钾资源的开发和利用;改善施肥对策、科学施肥、重视农家肥的作用等方面入手。     

优质矿物肥料泥炭在农业上的利用与研究

作为一种燃料矿产的泥炭,在农业上具有广泛用途。泥炭中需含腐植酸,且含氮、磷、钾、蛋白质及多种微量元素。并且质轻疏松、通气透水性好等特性。在农业中可用作肥料、饲料和作为生长刺激素,施用效果显著,在园艺方面亦可发挥良好的作用。目前国内外对泥炭需求旺盛,泥炭的开发具有良好的市场前景。